Bay area karuvu started ayyo get ready for brown lawns,parks no car wash etc etc soon

[csrcsr]

Drought: Mandatory water restrictions coming to Santa Clara County

Santa Clara Valley Water District expected to declare water shortage emergency this week

By PAUL ROGERS | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group

PUBLISHED: June 7, 2021 at 10:18 a.m. | UPDATED: June 7, 2021 at 11:35 a.m.

Santa Clara County’s largest water provider announced Monday that it is moving forward with plans to declare a water shortage emergency and to urge cities and water companies that deliver water to 2 million residents in and around San Jose to impose mandatory water restrictions.

The move will be the first time since the historic drought of 2012 to 2016 that Santa Clara County residents will face mandatory water restrictions. The county also will become the most populous area in California to impose mandatory water restrictions as the state’s drought continues to grow in severity.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District, a public agency and water wholesaler based in San Jose, announced it is seeking a 15% reduction in countywide water use from 2019 levels. That amounts to a 33% reduction from 2013 levels. By comparison, during the height of California’s last drought, from 2012 to 2016, Santa Clara County cut water use 28% from 2013 levels.

To achieve those kind of cutbacks, the water district is asking the dozen cities and private water companies to whom it provides water to impose rules that would limit residents to watering lawns and landscaping no more than three days a week, setting time-of-day limits on when landscaping can be watered, and enforcing rules against water wasting.

That could include the return of “water cops,” or code enforcement officers, who issue warnings, then fines, to people who overwater landscaping or waste water in other ways, such as watering so much it runs into the street, washing cars without a nozzle on the hose, or hosing down pavement. Many cities in the region still have water wasting ordinances on the books from the last drought, but there are no statewide water wasting rules.

The district’s move also could prompt cities and water districts to raise water rates, and re-impose water allocations for each home, with penalties for overuse, as happened during the 2012-16 drought, as a way to hit conservation targets.

The district’s board is expected to approve the drought plan on Wednesday. The board is asking Santa Clara County to also declare a local emergency. Because the water district does not have the legal authority to order cities and water companies to impose mandatory water restrictions, those cities and private companies are expected in the coming weeks and months to put in place measures to help the district hit its targets.

Rick Callender, CEO of the water district, which is also known as Valley Water, said that a combination of events has aligned to create the water shortage.

First, the federal government reduced the district’s water allocations from the Delta after the Sierra Nevada snowpack came up short for the second winter in a row and largely melted in May. Locally, rainfall was only 41% of normal in San Jose this year. And the district’s largest reservoir, Anderson Reservoir near Morgan Hill, is empty for earthquake repairs, after federal dam safety officials ordered the 70-year-old structure to essentially be rebuilt, a project that will take 10 years. With Anderson drained, the district’s 10 reservoirs on Monday were at just 15% of their capacity.

As a result, the district will have to rely heavily on pumping local groundwater this year to provide drinking water, and attempt to buy water from farm districts in other counties at high prices. It also has about a year’s supply of water stored at the Semitropic groundwater bank in Kern County.

But if the drought continues into next year, with another dry winter, local groundwater levels could fall dangerously low, Callender said. That would result in some wells going dry, district officials warn, and the risk of the land sinking by a few inches, even a few feet in extreme cases. That phenomenon is known as subsidence, which can lead to cracked roads, underground pipes and gas lines. Concerns over subsidence drove many of the strict conservation rules during the last drought.

“This is an emergency,” Callender said. “Our water supplies are in serious jeopardy. Valley Water will protect our groundwater resources by all reasonable means necessary and ensure we can provide safe, clean water to Santa Clara County. Every drop of water saved is a drop we can use in the future.”

[Spartan]

maak end of April ye declared...more restrictions coming by June end.

e samvatsaram aina...kunda pota varsham..oka 5 Pineapple express lu pampinchu devuda CA ki.. 

[csrcsr]

Inko year kuda unte arab countries laga no snanam attar kotukoni ramantaru emo

[Spartan]

Just now, csrcsr said:

Inko year kuda unte arab countries laga no snanam attar kotukoni ramantaru emo

if its yellow, let it mellow....if its brown...flush it down....

boards vastai August kalla...

[csrcsr]

Just now, Spartan said:

maak end of April ye declared...more restrictions coming by June end.

e samvatsaram aina...kunda pota varsham..oka 5 Pineapple express lu pampinchu devuda CA ki.. 

Actually i heard bay area mostly depends oon snow on sierra mountains , adi melt ayyi edo reserviors , e year it was decent snow not sure , yaa oka varsham kuda sariga padale bay area lo

[chandrabhai7]

Hoover dam kabza cheyyandi va

[csrcsr]

Just now, chandrabhai7 said:

Hoover dam kabza cheyyandi va

paina seattle lo full varsham anta kada adiki potamu karuvu valasadarulu laga

[snoww]

Car wash business lu anni mooseyyala ?

[Spartan]

2 minutes ago, csrcsr said:

Actually i heard bay area mostly depends oon snow on sierra mountains , adi melt ayyi edo reserviors , e year it was decent snow not sure , yaa oka varsham kuda sariga padale bay area lo

only 5 % rain, and no snow.

[Spartan]

2 minutes ago, chandrabhai7 said:

Hoover dam kabza cheyyandi va

Hoover dam lo kuda levu water,...first time in 100 yrs.

[Spartan]

Just now, snoww said:

Car wash business lu anni mooseyyala ?

they use recycled water.

[csrcsr]

Just now, snoww said:

Car wash business lu anni mooseyyala ?

yaa not allowed during that time bro , chala mandiki job pootayi

like park maintencne, lawn mowers ettc etcc 

Central CA lo agriculture kuda baaga debba tintadi chala chotal no rains no jobs ani board pedtharu

[csrcsr]

2 minutes ago, Spartan said:

Hoover dam lo kuda levu water,...first time in 100 yrs.

vammo scary

[Spartan]

3 minutes ago, csrcsr said:

vammo scary

 

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/06/06/hoover-dam-drought-water-levels-lake-mead/5291323001/

[csrcsr]

1 minute ago, Spartan said:

 

https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2021/06/06/hoover-dam-drought-water-levels-lake-mead/5291323001/

wow looks nott only in CA

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/07/california-drought-oregon-west-climate-change